Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.20.29
Mukti· LiberationDevotional Service Completes Self-Realization
“Great saintly persons who are always liberated take to Your devotional service because only by devotional service can one be relieved from the illusions of material existence. O my Lord, there is no reason for the liberated souls to take shelter at Your lotus feet except that such souls are constantly thinking of Your feet.”
What the purport teaches
- Self-realization is not complete until one reaches devotional service. Those whose spiritual knowledge is mature surrender to the Lord’s lotus feet.
- Liberated persons continue devotional service because it is the ultimate goal of life, not merely a means to liberation. The bliss of self-realization is very insignificant beside the bliss of serving the Lord.
- Pṛthu Mahārāja resolved to hear the Lord’s glories constantly and engage his mind upon His lotus feet. Such remembrance in devotional service is the highest perfection of life.
Try this today
Read a short passage glorifying the Lord, then spend a quiet minute remembering His lotus feet.
Ask yourself
Do I see spiritual fulfillment merely as freedom from trouble, or as loving service to the Lord?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.